New research carried out among more than 2,000 UK adults by SPCE has revealed the challenges faced by university students when attempting to claim back their deposit, finding: 30% of students claim their landlord or lettings agent has unfairly taken money from their tenancy deposit This is nearly double the national average (16%) of Generation Rent who […]
With Brexit is fast approaching, what with this mean for the claims industry? The leaving date is quickly approaching, thanks to Prime Minister Theresa May invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29th 2017 — leading to a new plan that the UK will officially step away from the economic and political partnership […]
An increasing number of leaseholders are reporting they are being forced to pay extortionate RPI linked ground rents. Below Peter Wright at Hunters Solicitors tells Lawyer Monthly about a recent trend in new leases, whereby developers propose ground rent escalation at RPI clauses, resulting in a ground rent increase rate that can render some properties unsalable and stress that […]
Ajibola Oluyede is the visioner and co-founder of TRLPLAW Solicitors and Arbitrators and was Managing Partner of TRLP Solicitors London until 2006. As current Chair of the Board of Partners of TRLPLAW Worldwide, he is a Chief Market Developer and Commercial Litigator. He speaks on how Nigeria and UK relations are holding up and how […]
This week Lawyer monthly takes a look at the potential for new employment laws in the UK. Below Leon Deakin, Partner and Head of Employment at Coffin Mew, explains what’s happening with employment law in other countries and whether these measures could be adopted in the UK within the near future. Changes in technology, methods […]
In the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, businesses that deal in personal data will be under more scrutiny than ever, forced to comply with new regulations that vastly change how they can gather data, and what that data can be used for. The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, will be introduced […]
Tomorrow, Tuesday 27th March, an application for a Group Litigation Order will be heard at the High Court of Justice as part of a three-day hearing to decide the deadline for claims to be brought against Volkswagen in England and Wales. This follows 2015’s high-profile ‘Dieselgate’ exposé in which the company was found to have […]
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